Enter Loser, we organize our closets and ignore the horror
If you’re a video game developer wanting to make waves in the spring, there’s one easy way to do it: Make a game where you have to curate some kind of inventory while also ignoring The Horrors.
I am waitingyou can say, That’s just… life? I do this in my wardrobe every single day!
correct answer! But consider: Have you ever enjoyed finding the best place to put an evil fish among the unused fabric, or a chicken egg next to the military missile launcher?
Examples of this format include some of the best games of the first quarter of the year. there Resident Evil 4 A remake, which brings back the attached state of the original game and network-based inventory management. There is also the popular indie hunting horror game dredge, which has you drifting into the depths of the ocean in search of unimaginable aquatic horrors, and finding space for them in the grid-based cargo hold. Then there is the nightmare survival game Children of the Forestwhich has you laying your stock on a tarp and hoping nothing wild will stumble upon you while you’re looking for some mints or whatever.
This is my favorite gaming trend right now, in conjunction with the popular remake Resident Evil 4, a true ad stylist in this sub-genre. Introducing spatial thinking Tetris As an ointment from the stresses of villagers as zombie parasites, or the cosmic terror of a spooky fish hunt, only creates an infectious and funny game loop: John Carpenter’s horror followed by Marie Kondo’s clean-up.
The two things that work about the party is where the magic lies: I like every aspect well enough, but what brings me back is the organization that stands alongside the nightmare. Perhaps this is the secret to a more orderly life: leaving zombies in your house so you can finally clean out your closets.
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